Can stroking during milking decrease avoidance distances of cows towards humans?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-513

  Windschnurer, I ^a   Barth, K ^b   Waiblinger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Avoidance tests; Cattle; Human animal relationship; Stroking; Tactile contact

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CATTLE FARMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MILK; NECK; NONHUMAN; STROKING; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 70449644505     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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